Thanks everyone for your input! It is so easy to get completely lost looking for the best solution when you don't know what needs to focus on. My main requirement is - now that I've thought about it some more - for my web presence to eat as little of my time as possible (and of course the agency's time which translates into my money).
For remote access there won't be a shop as it always involves some level of consultancy and admin training or installation. - BTW let me know if anyone's interested; there are local partners all over the globe and I get a nice referral kickback even if you choose not to go directly through me - For the IT shop I'm thinking perhaps I can find a hardware distributor who sells the products I need and lets me link into a customized instance of their shop. Even if it meant less margin it would probably be the better idea seeing that I will only selling a very small selection of IT hardware and I don't expect it to get huge because I will run it only as a supplement source of income targeting those who'll pay more to feel good about their choice or to be able to kick my shin when something doesn't work. For the photo gear, I'll need a small, single item focus shop system though, perhaps a little cross selling for related items but not really much. One that keeps popping up is Magento - can anyone comment on that? Cheers Ecke 2010/12/21 Darren Addy <[email protected]>: > Does your web host have SimpleScripts or Fantastico? > If so, I'd recommend using Prestashop for your eCommerce sites: > photogear.eckinator.com > remoteaxe.eckinator.com > > 2 Prestashop installations will allow you to duplicate your knowledge > of setup and administration. > Google: free Prestashop templates > if you don't want to start from scratch > > For your basic pages site (www.eckinator.com) take a look at SilverStripe > http://www.silverstripe.com/ > and CMS Made Simple > http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/ > > Drupal is a bit of one piece of software trying to do it all. Since > your duties are easily subdivided by subdomain, there is no need to > try to do it all under one piece of software/domain (IMHO). > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
